Option to disable Auto-Face Target for actions that target party members

[lisaa]

Actions that target enemies need you to face the enemy to use them, but actions that target party members like healing spells don't need you to face the party member to be used. You can cast a healing spell while facing away from them and it will still heal them. This means auto-face is useful for dps actions but there is no reason to need to auto-face a friendly target

It's really annoying because in standard movement auto face will make you turn while you are running. So using skills and abilities on party members while running for a mechanic can make you turn and mess up just because the game has an annoying movement quirk.

Please make auto-face target only make face the target when targetting enemies, not friendly targets

[Novak_04]

You can already disable this.

[Haadrak]

Unless I'm mistaken you can disable *all* auto facing while targeting however I'm pretty sure OP wants to be able to auto face things when targeting enemies but not when targeting allies. I don't think that is currently an option available within the options although I may be incorrect.

[Rongway]

You can already disable this.

You can only do what the OP is asking if you make gratuitous use of macros, which some healers won't want to do.

But for healers who are already using macros (e.g., mouseover healers), you can begin a healing macro with

/autofacetarget off

and end it with

/autofacetarget on

and whatever healing spell you cast in the middle won't do a facetarget. If you do this, you might also want to /mlock the macro so that it makes it all the way to the end; otherwise, you might interrupt your macro and end up with autofacetarget off when you need to be attacking. Putting that all together:

/mlock
/autofacetarget off
/ac "Some Healing Action" <mo>
/autofacetarget on
/micon "Some Healing Action"

[EaMett]

Worth noting: Don't do the above if you mash your buttons. autofacing will probably just randomly turn off/on lol

[Rongway]

Worth noting: Don't do the above if you mash your buttons. autofacing will probably just randomly turn off/on lol

The /mlock prevents having an unpredictable autofacetarget state if you mash your buttons. The only thing that will prevent an /mlock-ed macro from running to the end is if you press your Cancel Macro key, which most players don't even know what they've bound that to. No matter how much you mash this macro, autofacetarget will turn back on.

[lisaa]

Macros can't be used because they clip your gcd

[Liam_Harper]

Some healers use mouseover macros to decent success, so I think they wanted to mention it just incase it helps someone.

But yes, it's not a fix and I agree it makes no sense for the auto-face function to include actions that don't require you to be facing your target.